Statement of Objects
and Reasons appended to the Constitution
(Twenty-second Amendment) Bill, 1966 (Bill No. XXIV of 1966) which
was enacted as THE CONSTITUTION (Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967

STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS

There have
been persistent demands from the Sindhi-speaking people for
the inclusion of the Sindhi language in the Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution. Although at present Sindhi is not a regional language
in a well-defined area, it used to be the language of a province of
the undivided India and, but for partition, would have continued to be
so. The Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities has also recommended
the inclusion of Sindhi in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.
On 4th November, 1966, it was announced that Government had decided to
include the Sindhi language in the
Eighth Schedule to the
Constitution. The Bill seeks to give effect to this decision.

NEW DELHI;
Y. B. CHAVAN.

The 15th
November, 1966.

THE
CONSTITUTION (TWENTY-FIRST AMENDMENT) ACT, 1967

[10th April, 1967.]

An Act
further to amend the Constitution of India.

BE it
enacted by Parliament in the Eighteenth Year of the Republic of
India as follows:-

1.
Short title.- This Act may be
called the Constitution
(Twenty-first Amendment) Act, 1967.

2.
Amendment of Eighth Schedule.-In the Eighth Schedule to
the Constitution,-

(a)
entries 12 to 14 shall be re-numbered as entries 13 to 15 respec-
tively, and

(b)
before entry "13" as so re-numbered, the entry
"12. Sindhi."
shall be inserted.